Dossier - The Justicar part 3

As soon as the elevator doors open, get ready for a fight. A lone LOKI Mech will assault the party while they're still on the elevator, so quickly do away with him. Then, get off of the elevator and head left through the door. Remember that hazardous substance Pitne For told you about? The stuff he illicitly sold to the Eclipse mercenaries that happens to be toxic? Well, that stuff is in containers all over the place here. Shooting it can hurt enemies, but it can also poison you. If you walk into the magenta-colored smoke when it's still around, a meter will appear at the bottom of the screen. Exposing yourself for too long will kill you, so be quick when you need to run through a cloud. Your best bet is to avoid blowing those containers up at all, and instead use conventional methods against the LOKI Mechs and Eclipse Vanguards that fight you here. As you work your way towards the top end of this area, expect some weak initiates to attack the party. You'll feel bad at how easily they fall, but hey, they attacked you.

When all is quiet, stream into the room the initiates attacked you out of. This little office should be devoid of any enemies (though you should be ready for a fight, just in case). The only thing of interest here is the Scimitar Assault Shotgun sitting on the far desk. Be sure to collect this powerful weapon before moving to your left. As you do, you'll see a staircase ahead of you spanning upward. Ignore it for now, and instead opt to breach the room on your right. When you do, a brief (and entirely optional) cutscene will open up. Here, you'll meet a new Asari mercenary that's a little reluctant to do her job. She swears she had no idea what she was getting herself into. While Renegades can use a quicktime event here to kill her in cold blood, Paragons and neutral players can garner a great deal of information about the Eclipse mercenaries' operation by speaking to her. After letting her go (or killing her), be sure to grab the schematics from the computer at the back end of the room she was in, as well as the heavy weapon ammunition. Then, climb up those aforementioned stairs.

Once you run up the stairs, breach the door and have your weapons at the ready moving forward. As you swing leftward, you'll run into a group of LOKI Mechs, typical Asari mercenaries, and some Vanguards as well. There's more of that toxic stuff in containers all over the place, including near your position, so be certain you don't stand in front of it, or stray bullets will strike them. You'll also want to avoid hitting any while you're fighting, since the damage potential to yourself is too high. Move forward, using cover as you kill enemy after enemy. When the path swings leftward towards an office, expect the last remaining LOKI Mechs and Vanguards to attack you with full force. There's plenty of cover to use, thankfully, but again, those toxic containers can be a real pain. If you're forced to run through the gas, just be sure your toxicity level doesn't fill the entire bar, or you'll perish before long.

With the enemy contingent here effectively nullified, you can breach the office-like room where most of the enemies were streaming out of. Directly on your right will be a staircase leading up, but before you use it, be sure to hack the computer terminal at the far end of the room for some credits. Then, climb, climb away. You won't find much up here that you've already dealt with. The tight constraints of the field of battle here mean that you'll be more in danger than ever of getting struck with the toxic gas all around you. Nonetheless, press onward. Use crates around you for cover, and return fire on the enemies that appear here. The peskiest enemy at this particular location is no doubt the LOKI Mech at the far end of the room, hurling rockets your way. Unfortunately, when you clear the rest of the area and begin exploring, you'll realize that you can't actually get to the area where that LOKI Mech was stationed. Bummer. To continue, head leftward, and you'll spot yet another staircase leading up. Before taking it, though, grab Medi-Gel from the nearby medical kit, and pillage the computer terminal on your right for a healthy amount of credits.